The Forestry Forum

Hi all first post.
I'm in the process of building a pallet plank dismantling table saw. 

Adjustable height table with a bandsaw running horizontally across the middle of the table.

I have a design for the adjustable height  table and my helpful fabricator is building it on 8th January.

I now need to source wheels which I plan to use 13" car rims with tyres from a VW LUPO.

Correct me if I'm wrong I need to find long enough axles that slot into the hubs
 And are long enough to span 2 pillow block bearing housings. I'm estimating at least 300-400mm 12" to 16" long.

Also they need to be the correct diameter to suit the pillow block bearings, and also the correct diameter to suit the taper lock for the Vee pulley wheel.

I have no access to a lathe.

Is there an easy way to do this?
Or off the shelf parts. I'm from England U.K.

All the best and happy new year.

The easiest way to use car tires is to get a set of wheel hubswheel bearings that fit the rims you have.

If you plan to drive the saw with a shaft then use the driven wheel hubs and a mating axle shaft or CV shaft.

If you plan to drive the saw with a belt on the wheels(what I did) then use the non driven wheel bearings/wheel hubs.

I personally bought a second hand trailer axle with rims and tires.  Then cut the axle in half and use the axle,bearings and hubs to support the rims and tires.  To get power to the tires I wrapped a V-belt around one of the tires.

With that said, there are down sides to using car tires for the drive wheels.  There is a limit to how much pressure you can put on the blades before the rubber of the tire begins to flex and wrap around the blade and removing your blade set(on a wood cutting blade)